Thanksgiving - Not what we had planned

We had planned a snowy, ski-in/ski-out, relaxing Thanksgiving at Beaver Run resort in Breckenridge. We had dreams of beautiful days skiing together on the slopes, apres-ski in the hot tubs, and a few fun evening activities like tubing if we had enough energy left. That did NOT work out. There was no snow, staffing shortages everywhere (what??? how can starbucks be closed?!) and Beaver Run was in such bad shape that the line to check in was 2 hours and no clean towels. Ummm, no thanks. We quickly pivoted and got a full refund at the resort, Grant got us two rooms at a Hampton Inn nearby, and we cut our trip short by 2 days. 

We stayed with the Haughians Friday night and Saturday night. Had a fun adults dinner at their country club on Saturday evening. And on Saturday during the day Grant and I took our kids to Pike's Peak which was a fun outing. I think my favorite memory is Colton falling asleep on Grant on the train ride back down the mountain. 

On Sunday we stopped by Cave of the Winds on the way to Breckenridge and Cadie and Grant strong armed me into going on the Terror-Dactyl. Never again. It was a beautiful, clear day and the kids all had fun on the high ropes course.

After a VERY complicated late-afternoon and evening trying to check into Beaver Creek, deciding to abort mission, and getting settled at the new hotel, Grant and I left the kids watching TV in the room and we got Chinese food at a place in the parking lot of the hotel. We skied at Keystone on Monday and Tuesday. It wasn't bad, but not many runs were open and the final run to get to the lifts was very steep, crowded, and slick. I was proud of us for making it work and we do really well together with family skiing. We have a system and it works really well. Grant rebooked us to head home on Wednesday. Thank you Grant!

We had a super fun time on Wednesday at Santa's Workshop. It was adorable, the rides were fun with very little lines, and it snowed like CRAZY. We headed straight to the airport from Santa's Workshop. Made it home in time to get a good nights sleep before celebrating Thanksgiving at DD and Big John's. Cadie was especially glad to be with the family. She values tradition. 

While it wasn't what we had planned, we made the most it!

Am gonna try to stick to the facts with this one because it can get emotional kinda quick. The Saturday after Thanksgiving was a bit stressful. Rained out SMU game, Grant feeling pressure for an upcoming trial, Colorado trip not going as planned, everyone a bit edgy... I caught Grant off guard with a reaction to a fairly common question and it sent him into a tailspin. I pressed and Grant hit the ceiling and broke a bone in his right hand. It was a lame ending to an overall difficult Thanksgiving. Here's hoping for a better Christmas break (no pun intended).